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    • La Union board declares calamity state to deal with oil spill 

      Sotelo, Yolanda (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 2, 2013, on page A8)
      The provincial board of La Union has declared the province under a state of calamity to enable towns affected by the oil spill supposedly from a sunken vessel or another ship to tap their calamity funds for cleanup operations. ...

    • La Union fisherman missing in stormy sea 

      Beleo, Erwin (Manila Bulletin, July 27, 2017, on page 13)
      Rescue teams as of Wednesday afternoon were still searching for a fisherman who went missing at dawn Tuesday off the coast of this city amid rough weather conditions. The missing fisherman was identified as Rodolfo Padilla, ...

    • La Union placed under state of calamity due to oil spill 

      Elias, Jun (The Philippine Star, March 4, 2013, on page A-28)
      The provincial board of La Union, upon the request of Gov. Manuel Ortega, has approved a resolution placing the province under a state of calamity due to the oil spill. Vice Gov. Aureo Nisce told The STAR that provincial ...

    • La Union’s poor fishers get safer fiberglass boats 

      Garcia, William Jun (The Manila Times, December 13, 2018, on page A7)
      The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) has given the first 36 fiberglass-reinforced plastic fishing boats to six coastal towns here for the marginal beneficiary-fisherfolk’s ...

    • Labi River: An emerging destination in Nueva Ecija 

      Cinco, Lito (Manila Standard, November 26, 2021, on page C4)
      It may not yet be on the radar of travelers looking for new destinations, but as far as local people in the area are concerned, Labi River in Bongabon, Nueva Ecija has become a favorite weekend place for them. If from ...

    • Labor condemns Chinese 'incursions' in West PH Sea 

      Nicavera, Erwin P. (SunStar Philippines, April 19, 2021, on page 6)
      Negros Occidental-based labor group General Alliance of Workers Asociations (Gawa) has condemned the alleged Chinese incursion in the country's territorial waters. Its secretary general Wennie Sancho, in a statement, said ...

    • 'Laboracay' no more 

      Remo, Amy R.; Roa, Ana G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 28, 2018, on page B2-1-B2-2)
      A proclamation signed by President Duterte on Thursday, April 26, placed three barangays in Boracay Island under a state of calamity, thus justifying the six-month closure of this world famous tourist hotspot. Specifically, ...

    • Lack of adequate response to climate change 

      Braid, Florangel Rosario (Manila Bulletin, August 29, 2015, on page 11)
      Despite the fact that more people now recognize that climate change presents a grave threat to society, this has yet to be translated to the desired action. Public opinion has lagged behind. In fact, it has been observed ...

    • Lack of funds hinders agricultural research 

      Basa, Ave (The Manila Times, September 17, 1987, on page 1)
      The country's agricultural research and extension program is being hampered by lack of funds, according to Agriculture Secretary Carlos Dominguez Jr. In a speech before participants to the seminar on aquaculture development ...

    • Lack of oxygen caused massive fishkill 

      Pilapil, Jaime (The Manila Times, June 1, 2011, on page A7)
      Officials of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Tuesday said that the P57-million fish kill in Taal, Batangas was due to depleted oxygen levels brought about by changing weather conditions. The officials ...

    • Lack of resolve 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 10, 2018, on page A12)
      President Duterte has a standard response to critics who point out that despite the government’s deferential stance toward China, it has virtually taken over several reefs and islets within the Philippines’ exclusive ...

    • Lacson backs joint ventures with China 

      Tamayo, Bernadette E.; Ismael, Javier (The Manila Times, November 1, 2021, on page A1-A9)
      Sen. Panfilo "Ping" Lacson said he is open to Manila entering a joint venture agreement with Beijing in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) so long as China follows the 60-40 provision in the Philippine Constitution. Lacson, who ...

    • Lacson: 'Friends' not in the Constitution to enjoy PHL water resources, EEZ 

      GMA News (DailyGuardian, June 27, 2019, on page 12)
      Senator Panfilo Lacson said Wednesday that the word “friends” is not stated in the 1987 Constitution as a basis to use and enjoy the Philippine archipelagic waters, territorial sea, and exclusive economic zone. In a Twitter ...

    • Lacson: Coast Guard needs a boost to defend WPS, Pag-asa Island 

      (Manila Standard, December 9, 2021, on page A4)
      To empower the Philippine Coast Guard to protect the country’s waters from intrusion and harassment including in the West Philippine Sea, as well as fulfill its other duties as the nation’s primary maritime agency, the PCG ...

    • Lady sailor rules hobie challenge 

      (BusinessMirror, March 8, 2020, on page A8)
      Portugal's Maria Videoira-Hagedorn emerged as the first woman skipper to rule the 20th Philippine Hobie Challenge. Along with compatriot Tomas Camelo, the tandem clocked 24 hours, 32 minutes and 39 seconds in the five-day ...

    • Lagonoy fishing communities ‘build back better’ boats with WWF 

      Jara, Marifi (BusinessWorld, May 9, 2022, on page S1/10)
      Fisherfolk around Lagonoy Gulf, a rich tuna fishing ground in the central-eastern part of the Philippines, have been working with environmental non-government organization World Wide Fund (WWF) for Nature Philippines since ...

    • Laguna de Bae and its knifefish 

      Aspillera, Dahli (Malaya, October 20, 2017, on page B5)
      Laguna de Bae is the largest fresh water lake of all of South East Asia, 12 leagues wide (66 kilometers) and very deep. Centuries past, fishing from this lake was productive, for subsistence fisherfolks, but not anymore ...

    • Laguna de Bay bangus industry calls for more restrictive pollution controls 

      Ignacio, Reicelene Joy N. (BusinessWorld, September 25, 2018, on page S1/4)
      The Bangus Industry Stakeholders & Dealers Alliance (BISDA) said the government needs to impose tougher pollution controls on industry and households to ensure the sustainability of the Laguna de Bay fishery, as prices of ...

    • Laguna de Bay fish pens to be dismantled 

      Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, December 17, 2016, on page 17)
      Fish pens in Laguna de Bay will be dismantled starting next month, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has announced. “We will clean Laguna Lake by destroying fish pens, but we will pay attention to ...

    • Laguna de Bay in desperate need of rehab 

      Mariano, Dan (The Manila Times, September 24, 2010, on page A4)
      Sunday marks the first anniversary of Typhoon Ondoy, known elsewhere as Ketsana. In just six hours or so that day, Metro Manila and nearby provinces experienced a month’s worth of rainfall. Flashfloods inundated large ...